From the dozens of picture books and folktales told in different parts of Africa, I have created a list (available at the "My third grade year" wiki) and divided these stories by country. We will read one or two stories each week and note on the map of Africa which country the stories are coming from. After reading the stories to the class, they will have their passports (kept here in the library during the week and used during library each visit) in which to record information that they have learned from the story~for example, if we are reading a story about goats being sent to families in Uganda through the Heifer Project, students might draw a picture of a goat and/or provide some information on why the goats are needed by the families and what makes a goat a good choice (as opposed to a dog or a chicken).
After our passports are full, the unit will be done and the students can keep this record of their "travels".
I hope this sounds suitable, as it will coincide much more easily with the library as a physical location this year and could be expanded next year into something where we create or find on a map of Google Earth the places we are seeing.
By Country: Mali:
I lost my tooth in Africa Nigeria:
Chinye: A west african folk tale Ghana:
One Hen Morocco:
The Butter man
Kassim's shoes Ethiopia:
The best beekeeper of Lalibela
Only a pigeon
The lion's whisker Tanzania:
Elizabeti's Doll
Elizabeti's School
Mama Elizabeti
Babu's song Kenya:
Waangari's trees
Mama Panya's pancakes
The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks Uganda:
Give a goat
Beatrice's goat Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Monkey for sale Zimbabwe:
Gugu's house West Africa:
Bintou's braids
Anansi and the magic stick
Anansi and the moss covered rock South Africa:
The song of six birds
Jamela's dress
Happy birthday, Jamela!
From the dozens of picture books and folktales told in different parts of Africa, I have created a list (available at the "My third grade year" wiki) and divided these stories by country. We will read one or two stories each week and note on the map of Africa which country the stories are coming from. After reading the stories to the class, they will have their passports (kept here in the library during the week and used during library each visit) in which to record information that they have learned from the story~for example, if we are reading a story about goats being sent to families in Uganda through the Heifer Project, students might draw a picture of a goat and/or provide some information on why the goats are needed by the families and what makes a goat a good choice (as opposed to a dog or a chicken).
After our passports are full, the unit will be done and the students can keep this record of their "travels".
I hope this sounds suitable, as it will coincide much more easily with the library as a physical location this year and could be expanded next year into something where we create or find on a map of Google Earth the places we are seeing.
Geography game tie-in!
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/world-map-game.php
Folktales project in Library:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/saft/sft19.htm
By Country:
Mali:
I lost my tooth in Africa
Nigeria:
Chinye: A west african folk tale
Ghana:
One Hen
Morocco:
The Butter man
Kassim's shoes
Ethiopia:
The best beekeeper of Lalibela
Only a pigeon
The lion's whisker
Tanzania:
Elizabeti's Doll
Elizabeti's School
Mama Elizabeti
Babu's song
Kenya:
Waangari's trees
Mama Panya's pancakes
The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks
Uganda:
Give a goat
Beatrice's goat
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Monkey for sale
Zimbabwe:
Gugu's house
West Africa:
Bintou's braids
Anansi and the magic stick
Anansi and the moss covered rock
South Africa:
The song of six birds
Jamela's dress
Happy birthday, Jamela!